(OK I pretty much gave up on chapter titles. the chapter number is/was one off from the chapter posted because of the 'intro' to make it easier on my I am just going to leave the chapter number as they post them.)

Hunter was standing off to the side listening when the one guy gave the go ahead for the other crew to try to check the elevator from above the car.
'Something isn't right here.'
"What do you mean?"
'Looks tampered.'
"OK will have you investigate later. Are the breaks secure enough for you to get on top & check on the woman?"
'Looks like it stand by.' The commutation was silent for a few moments. 'Negative on a passenger.'
"We need medical called?"

'Negative, there is no passenger.' Hunter mouth wanted to drop from shock.
"Impossible, member of staff spoke to her."
'I assure you, the car is empty except for a phone.'
"Please retrieve the phone we will have your company run a full scan tonight."
'Roger that.'
The man then patched a call into the main station. "Jerry fully shut elevator three we can't keep the main bank closed any longer for now."
'Copy.'

The guy closed the access panel screwing the back in place before standing up looking at Hunter. "If you want to follow me sir?"
"Lead on." He followed the guy to the near by steps going up the one floor to where the second crew was working.
The one man still in a harness handed the item to crew member with Hunter. "This was the only thing in the car."
"Thanks, I will let the over night crew know your company will be in tonight to check over the system. The other guy nodded before taking the harness off & pack up.

"How we know we should turn this over to you?"
Hunter looked at the man cleaning up. "Did you touch the screen at all?"
"What? No…"
Hunter looked back at the guy that now had the phone. "If there is still power turn the screen on, the Skype app should be running." Doing as instructed the guy looked at the screen then Hunter. "The most recent contact should be John."
The guy reluctantly turned the phone over to Hunter. "We don't appreciate prank call of distress."

Hunter just lightly gnashed his teeth to stop from lashing at the guy that they thought it was a false alarm…then again he almost thought the same thing. "Thank you." Hunter took the phone & walked away, for now he would walk back up to his suite. As he walked he tried to put the pieces together, it was like a giant jigsaw and at least one piece was missing. Well two, how did Drew get into a closed elevator & how he get them both back out?

He had a feeling he should & to a point needed to call John once he was back at his room & apologize. As he turned the corner on his floor he stopped seeing someone he was not expecting. He had a bad feeling there was a connection & he didn't like it. He took a deep breath before he continued towards his room. "Mark." Taker just nodded his head as he pushed off from the wall. He was in black jeans & T-shirt, his hair still buzzed short like it was at the Raw 1000 show. Hunter walked past him to open the door to the suite. "Why I have a feeling I know why you are here?"

Taker followed him into the suite. "I guess that depends what you already know Hunter."
Hunter sighs. "Currently I know very little, I know Jade when missing…" He sees Taker nod hinting that is why he was there. "I know she vanished from a location that should have been impossible." Hunter lowered his head running a hand through his hair. "Mark we are both getting too old for this games, what is going on?"

"Remember Ministry…even when the cameras were not rolling?"
Hunter had an icy chill run up his spine even at the thought of that time. "Yeah…I also thought you got away from that stuff…"
"I did…partly because of her…"
"You went back after she vanished before?"
"To a point…not as bad…" Taker took a deep breath. "Jade is the opposite of me & what I used to do." He shook his head. "Drew is worse than I was." He could see the color nearly drain from Hunter face as he tried to wrap his head around someone being worse than Ministry Undertaker.

"Ho-hold on…you want me to be-believe that Drew used so-some sort of magic, hocus-pocus or something to mysteriously get into a sealed elevator & then get her out of it with him."
"Believe what ever you want to Hunter. I just came by to let you know personally I need to leave the road again."
"You going after her aren't you." Taker just looks at him his face like stone. "What of your wife? Your children?"
"You want it straight?"

"Well it would be nice if someone was around here."
"Fine…if I don't go after her…they won't matter."
Hunter looked puzzled. "What the hell does that mean?"
"Drew took her for a reason." Taker let out a sigh. His eyes fixing on Hunter's face. "Remember Knight?"
"Dennis?" Taker slowly nodded. "What about him?"
"I can't say 100%…but what I do know, what we did to him is child's play to what Drew has in store. Before you ask how that affects my family…it effects everyone. What people feared about the Mayan calendar won't be far off if he succeeds."

"Mark…you can't be serious…"
"Very…"
"How can one person cause that?"
"It is more than just him…but I know what she was capable of at one time…some say he is her exact mirror…maybe even a magnifier."
"I won't begin to say I understand…I didn't understand then. You will be back, right?"
"You asking as a friend or a boss?"
"What if I said both?"
"My answer to both is…I don't know."
"Well either way try to come back in one piece, her too."
"Well that would be preferred." Taker gave a deep chuckle. "See you around Hunter." Taker turned heading for the door.
"I hope so old friend." Taker left the room & Hunter moved to sit down still trying to wrap his head around everything.

So many people back then speculated that parts of Taker during Ministry was more than just a gimmick. Things that were seen & heard, but everyone kept tight-lipped about for their own safety. Even if he didn't wish to believe in such things what other explanation was there? He didn't want to but the next matter of business was calling his wife. He reached over setting Rose's phone on the table the same time grabbing where he left his phone before. As he grabbed the phone a icy chill ran along his spine again remembering how close Stephanie was to being a victim of Mark's back then.

He sat back & called home. "Marie is Stephanie around?…I'll wait…Hey hun…it didn't….the meeting didn't take place…We need to drop the angle…I don't know if you were contacted hun, but Drew escaped today…I'm not pulling her for her safety, He already found her & took her…no one saw them leave…John was on the phone with her when it happened. They found her phone, but no sign of her…I don't know what he wants. Some think whatever it is, it's not good…" Hunter gave a faint sigh. "Like John & Mark…I don't know how he is involved hun, I didn't even know he had any contact with her till he showed up as my suite letting me know he needed to hold off his return…Stephanie, if I ask you something you be honest with me right?…I don't mean to question your honesty, really. It's just want I want to ask. Well it is pretty, what's a good word. It's pretty, well hard to believe…"

Hunter took another deep breath as he leaned his head back against the back of the chair he was in letting out an audible sigh, he slowly closed his eyes his voice dropped slightly feeling it want to betray him at the thoughts. "I apologize if I stir unpleasant memories with this…how much did you or your father really know Taker was capable of & involved in when he abducted you during Ministry?" He could hear his wife's breath hitch briefly before she tried to talk. "Steph please don't answer a question with a question even if that did sort of answer it for me. You both knew enough to know how much of a danger he really was back then…He told me today that Drew maybe as bad as he was back then, maybe worse…yeah…I will be home when I can give our girls extra hugs for me…Love you hun." Hunter hung up the phone a deep sigh passing his lips. He could understand why he was kept in the dark so long, doesn't mean he liked it. He was told some company secrets when he became an officer of the company, yet others things seem to still be cloaked from him. One might not be able to help but wonder what?